FIFTY SHADES of WOE

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT YOUR HAND IN THE FIRE TO KNOW IT IS HOT. NEITHER DO YOU HAVE TO READ THE 'FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SERIES’ TO DETERMINE IF IT IS TRASH. IT’S ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT NOT ONE OF THE BLATANT THEMES IN THE SERIES IS WORTHY OF A GREY RATING! TODAY’S DISCUSSION EVOLVES AROUND THE BANKRUPT ‘CHARACTER’ OF THE SCRIPT–-AND IS NOT MEANT TO JUDGE ANYONE’S CHARACTER. IN A POST-VALENTINE DISCUSSION OF A CULTURAL PHENOMENON, ‘MATT AND MOM LIVE’ DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOVE AND SEX IN CONTRAST TO THE PERVERSE THEMES OF BONDAGE, MASOCHISM, DOMINANCE AND SADISM  ALL OF WHICH PRESENT A BACKDROP OF IMMORALITY THAT SETS WOMEN BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS.